word within the word-vocab (list 21-23)

to hedge (fib, lie)

equivocate

unnecessary

superfluous

two-sided

bilateral

one-sided

unilateral

cautious

circumspect

warlike (willingness to fight)

bellicose

of like measure (equivalent, equal, proportional)

commensurate

people-hater

misanthropist

evil intent

malevolence

beginner

neophyte

man-shaped

anthropomorphic

obsession with one thing

monomania

fault-finding ("My ______ father is never satisfied with anything I do.")

captious

all-knowing

omniscient

new word

neologism

not believing

incredulous

a curse

malediction

great-minded (generous, open, kind)

magnanimous

false, suspicious

specious

bulk (quality of being greater in number, quantity, or importance)

preponderance

verbally flog (roast, burn)

excoriate

no shape, shapeless

amorphous

first model

prototype

blessing

benediction

fear of foreigners

xenophobia

self-obsession

egomania

make soft

mollify

topple (remove) from power

depose

fish scientist

ichthyologist

a flowing together

confluence

multi-linguist

polyglot

hurtful, damaging

caustic

semitransparent

diaphanous

renounce (reject)

abjure

bringing sleep (boring) makes you sleep

somniferous

supporter

adherent

an easy lucrative job (comes easy)

sinecure

speech to oneself

soliloquy

rambling

discursive

disrespectful

egregious

outgoing, sociable

gregarious

painkiller

analgesic

talking in circles (the use of many words)

circumlocution

palm reading

chiromancy

innocent and naive

ingenuous

government run by a few

oligarchy

brilliantly clear

perspicuous

stubborn

intractable

treacherous, untrustworthy

perfidious

refusing to compromise

intransigent

loquacious

talkative

abrogate

revoke/overturn

prescience

the power to foresee the future

sacrosanct

sacred

androgynous

masculine and feminine

acronym

abbreviated form of initials

congenital

at birth

cacophony

bad noise

intercede

intervene/negotiate

disputatious

argumentative

circumscribed

limited

enumerate

to list

anomaly

odd/abnormal

diatribe

abusive criticism

incisive

sharp (mentally)

egocentric

self-centered

tangible

touchable

demagogue

corrupt politician

preclude

prevent from happening

cryptologist

code breaker (decipher code)

ethnocentrism

radical or cultural prejudice

pedagogue

teacher

recant

to withdraw a statement/belief

revoke

cancel

pugnacious

willing/eager to fight

elucidate

to explain

irrevocable

beyond recall

collateral

side by side

condescend

to patronize oneself or another person (patronizing)

punctilious

showing great attention to detail

resurgence

to rise again

infidel

unbeliever

android

robot

retribution

revenge

ponderous

weighty (heavy)

advocate

to speak for

sanguinary

bloody

somnambulist

sleepwalker

temporize

delay

supersede

take the place of a person or thing previously in authority or use (replace)

tractable

easy to deal with or control

urbane

sophisticated

pandemonium

demonic clamor (wild and noisy breakout)

diffident

shy

anthropoid

manlike

stringent

severe/strict

cognizant

aware

eccentricity

oddness

epigram

witty comment

inanimate

lifeless